Two Seperate Connections At The Same Time

[paristhedog]

I am looking for a way to have two static IPs on my computer (seperate
or not seperate NIC cards doesn't matter) and using both connections at
the same time. Is this even possible? For example having one running
copy of IE (or other browser) accessing a website from one IP
(connection) and another accessing a website at the same time from
another IP.

 

[johnsuth]

I am looking for a way to have two static IPs on my computer (seperate
or not seperate NIC cards doesn't matter) and using both connections at
the same time. Is this even possible? For example having one running
copy of IE (or other browser) accessing a website from one IP
(connection) and another accessing a website at the same time from
another IP.

How will this be an improvement over multitasking with one IP
address?

I ask because I daily download news and mail simultaneously.

 

[paristhedog]

It is a very specific script that requires being accessed from two
different IPs at the same time. I would not want to do this if it
wasn't required.

 

[johnsuth]

It is a very specific script that requires being accessed from two
different IPs at the same time. I would not want to do this if it
wasn't required.

NICs are dirt cheap. You will need a spare slot for each one and you
may need exclusive IRQs for each one. It helps to have a bus sniffing
utility to tell you which slot, IRQ and I/O is allocated to each NIC.
You may need to use the mobo BIOS to force the configuration you want,
and you may need to disable unused ports to release IRQs.

On the other hand, everything may work miraculously right out of the
box.

You may need a routing table to define paths from one LAN to the other,
and a firewall to restrict what is routed.

Once you have two or more NICs, your PC is known as a "Multi Homed
Router".